Pfizer to pay $2.3 billion to resolve criminal and civil health care liability relating to fraudulent marketing and the payment of kickbacks: (1) Largest combined federal and state health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice; and (2) Resolution includes $1.3 billion in criminal fines and forfeiture and a combined federal and state civil False Claims Act settlement of $1 billion. The September 3, 2009, settlement is the third in which Pfizer signed a corporate integrity agreement (CIA). Realtors get $103 [...]
